Mampat (Cratoxylon formosum)
Family: Guttiferae
Common names: Mampat
Distributed in: Philippines (Oceania and S.E. Asia)
Distribution overview: Southeast Asia in the Malay Peninsula and the Philippines.
Common uses: Beams, Charcoal, Cooperages, Fuelwood, Poles, Posts, Tool handles
Product sources: Timber-sized trees of Mampat are too scarce for the species to be seriously considered as an important source of sawn timber.
Environment profile: Status unknown in many of its growth areas
Tree size: Tree height is 30-40 m
Colors: the heart isReddish brown, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isVariable figure, the textureFine and uniformand the lusterMedium
Natural durability: Resistant to powder post beetles, Susceptible to insect attack
Odor: No specific smell or taste
Silica Content: Likely to have significant impact on machining
Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly
Drying Defects: Distortion
Ease of Drying: Rapidly
Comments: Generally hard and heavy Mampat timbers which are reported to consist of C. formosum and C
Blunting Effect: Little
Boring: Fairly easy to very easy
Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw
Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Nailing: Pre-Boring Recommended, Very Good to Excellent
Planing: Very Good to Excellent
Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood
Response to hand tools: Easy to Work
Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy
Steam bending: Unsuitable
Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Painting: Fair to Good; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Very Good to Excellent;
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